Hi, went to see Hanna Haraala and Andrew Cuerden tonight they were amazing the best dancers ive seen, apart from Anton and Erin, their routines were amazing, as was their choreography and choice of music. They said that they are still waiting to hear and wont know for another three weeks whether or not they are being asked back, so definates are Anton, Erin, Ian, Camilla, Darren, Lilia, Vincent, Flavia. Brendan will only be allowed back if he doesnt do anything stupid on love island apparently and the other one they mentioned tonight was Isabella who will find out at the same time as Andrew and Hanna, lets hope they are in cause im sure weve not seen the best of them yet.

Bev

Dukinfield, yeah? I love that venue!

I hope Brendan does come back, and they way he's going on LI at the moment, he's done nothing wrong.

Was there no mention of Karen? *still has fingers crossed*

I'm sure all 12 from last series will be back, plus Vincent & Flavia.

Isn't Karen coming back a definite no?

From what she said on ITT it seemed she acheived what she wanted and didn't want another partner as she enjoyed being with Bill so much.
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Sorry CAT I don't think thats possible now, as Nicole Cutler (probably in place of Karen) is almost definately coming back according to some. But nothing is final yet, so I hope it works out the way you want. Personally I would have liked Karen to come back and Nicole (Isabella could leave the show)

I am in two minds as to whether I want Karen to come back, actually. Because I doubt that whoever she would be with would be as good as Bill (relationship wise) although it would be great to see her dancing again. Karen is so much more quality viewing than anyone else they could have, like Izabela. I guess we just have to wait & see.

I forgot about that lols! Yeah, Nicole is coming back. I liked Karen and everything, but not as much as some of the others. I don't think she'll be back.

Eee! Karen's the greatest! Hehe. I'll ask her today when I see her if she'll be back & maybe we can settle that one.

I loved her and Bill's cha cha, but for the rest of the time they were in he annoyed me intensly.

Aww, bless him! Well, there's still no answer to whether she'll be on Strictly or not, but probably not.

I liked Karen probably best of all the females all the rest just seem to grind on my nerves.

Karen is the most down to earth in my opinion, and she is so lively and friendly. the others only really seemed to be in it for winning. although i don't mind hanna, camilla or lilia. the others i don't like much though.

Nicole is lovely
Lillia is brill
Camilla is also nice
Karen also nice
Erin is okish
Hannah was ok
Isabella was annoying - just in my opinion.

I wish that Karen would return and Isabella would not. Just a personal opinion, I don't dislike any of them strongly.

As long as Anton is back I don't really mind. lol

I strongly agree with that TeresaAL, as long as Anton's back I can stand watching it, though it will be upsetting if Brendan doesn't came back aswell.

I guess I only really liked Isabella because of Dennis, and if Dennis hadn't been on I wouldn't have watched it and wouldn't have made all these new friends, and I like Lillia as well.

I think mainly it was Erin I just couldn't stand her, she always seemed to be annoyed if anyone got higher praise then them and just made me angry half the time.

Erin just always seems so moody! eeek! well, its true. she does.

From one of the already signed up pros. Anton and Erin, Darren and Lilia, Ian and Camilla, Nicole and Matthew, Vincent and Flavia, Brendan is supposed to be if LI finishes in time the rest are still in question. The pros themselves would like a ballroom couple just to even things up and they still need another female as well. Hanna and Andrew have not yet been asked nor Izabella though thats not to say they wont be if they cant find ballroom dancers instead of all latin.

The extra dances (they need 3) will be the American Smooth ,Argentine Tango and Salsa. There is an expectation of the format being changed a bit too, 14 couples being a lot to get through without boring the pants off the public.

They've managed to cope before with the inequality of Ballroom/Latin dancers so why does it matter in the 4th series?!

About time they addressed it, another ballroom couple is only fair. Why should Anton and Erin be the only ones to look out of place doing Latin?

Yeah I'd love to see more Ballroom couples.

I prefer to see the Latin couples, so it doesn't bother me much, but I can see where the ballroom fans are coming from.

The Ballroom dancers Anton and Erin don't translate as well to latin as the latin dancers do to ballroom.
But the choreography an style of ballroom is so much better from them so that's a bonus.
Vincent and Flavia can be considered ballroom pros as they do both.

Thinking about it I want another ballroom couple who are as good humoured as Anton because when he's doing the Latins its just funny.

I'm so sorry Anton fans its not meant in a bad way I love him to bits. But it just is soooo funny.

You have put into words what I could not. I completely agree, that latin dancers do seem to do a better job at the Ballroom than Anton and Erin do the Latin dances.

That is one reason why I would love to see another ballroom couple. It is unfair for Anton and Erin to look the only ones out of place in certain dances. maybe another ballroom couple would be the same maybe not, but I would like to see all the same.